She was the former owner/operator of Koehler Paint and Office Supply Store, Upper Sandusky, and was a 1936 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Upper Sandusky, its choir, a Sunday school teacher, the first female church elder and its ladies church circle. She also was a member of Usando Literary Club and Wyandot County Historical Society.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Henry Seibert officiating. Burial is at Old Mission Cemetery, Upper Sandusky.

Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bringman-Clark Funeral Hom, Upper Sandusky, and after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church.